Powers and functions of the Authority

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder the functions of the Authority shall be,-

1. (i) to carry out a survey of the Bangalore Metropolitan Region and prepare reports on the surveys so carried out;
2. (ii) to prepare a structure plan for the development of the Bangalore Metropolitan Region;
3. (iii) to cause to be carried out such works as are contemplated in the structure plan;
4. (iv) to formulate as many schemes as are necessary for implementing the structure plan of the Bangalore Metropolitan Region;
5. (v) to secure and co-ordinate execution of the town planning scheme and the development of the Bangalore Metropolitan Region in accordance with the said schemes;
6. (vi) to raise finance for any project or scheme for the development of the Bangalore Metropolitan Region and to extend assistance to the local authorities in the Region for the execution of such project or scheme;
7. (vii) to do such other acts and things as may be entrusted by the Government or as may be necessary for, or incidental or conducive to, and matters which are necessary for furtherance of the objects for which the Authority is constituted;
8. (viii) to entrust to any local authority the work of execution of any development plan or town planning scheme;
9. (ix) to co-ordinate the activities of the Bangalore Development Authority, the Corporation of the City of Bangalore, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, 1[“the Karnataka Slum Development Board and the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation limited and Bangalore Electricity Supply Company”]1 the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and such other bodies as are connected with developmental activities in the Bangalore Metropolitan Region.

¹ Substituted by Act 5 of 2017 w.e.f. 04.01.2017.